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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Homemade Grape Juice

My Great Aunt Joan introduced me to this wonderful and easy recipe a few years ago when she found out I grew grapes. It's simple, fast, and economical. Technically, I believe it's more of a juice cocktail- BUT it's got to be better than Kool-aid or soda.

This is one of the easiest canning items I put up and the children LOVE it! We get the whole family involved with picking, stemming, and measuring sugar. It's wonderful to spend an afternoon making a real treat!

Here are the items you will need:

1 cup washed and stemmed fresh ripe grapes per quart jar- I have used green and purple grapes from the garden before

1/2 to 1 cup sugar per quart jar

boiling water

sterilized quart jars and lids

water bath canner

Here is what you do:

Wash and stem the grapes. Put 1 cup in each sterilized hot quart jar.

Add sugar you can use 1/2 cup to 1 cup per each quart.

Fill the jars with boiling water, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Cap with canning lids. I like to carefully shake them to help mix the sugar and grapes.